State v. Jones

The petitioner, Michael L. Jones, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that we direct Judge Robert Earl Wilters to set aside his order denying Jones’s motion to be treated as a “technical” violator under the recent amendment to § 15-22-54.1, Ala.Code 1975.

In 1999, Jones was convicted of rape, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment, and was placed on probation. In 2004, probation-revocation proceedings were initiated. Jones’s probation was revoked, and he was ordered to serve the remainder of his sentence in a state penitentiary. This Court affirmed the revocation of his…